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Download full textCastro-Villarreal, Felicia; Guerra, Norma; Sass, Daniel; Hseih, Pei-Hsuan – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Theoretical models were tested using structural equation modeling to evaluate the interrelations among cognitive motivational variables and academic achievement using a sample of 128 predominately Hispanic pre-service teachers enrolled in two undergraduate educational psychology classes. Data were gathered using: (1) a quantitative questionnaire…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Hispanic Americans, Student Motivation, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedTyler, Doris Kennedy; Vasu, Ellen Storey – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Examines the effects of using LOGO, or problem-solving- oriented simulation software on locus of control, self-esteem, and achievement motivation for fifth-grade students. The importance of these variables in predicting LOGO mastery and far-transfer problem-solving ability was also examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Simulation, Elementary Education, Grade 5
Glasser, William – Learning, 1996
The choice theory holds that people can control only their own behavior, and that all people need a sense of belonging, freedom, power, and fun. This article argues that teachers must recognize that these needs motivate student behavior, and describes how a middle school turned its discipline and achievement problems around by using choice theory.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
